This mess has been going on since my mom told enlisted back in the late
70s.

There's a general or major in NC who was arrested for raping 6 women, 5 whom were officers.

No shortage of women willing to tell their stories of rape and cover up when they were enlisted either.

Until the military gets checks and balances in place. You know, actually taking rape crimes seriously and having a culture of basic respect for women, they'll keep happening with little to no consequence.

There's a general or major in NC who was arrested for raping 6 women, 5 whom were officers.

Wow. I would have thought the officers would be afforded more respect/protection.

This whole story.

Army general pulled rank, forced sex: prosecutors

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) - An Army general used his superior rank to force subordinates
into improper sexual relations, military prosecutors said on Monday at a
hearing to determine if he should face a court-martial.

Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair,
a 27-year Army veteran based at Fort Bragg, is accused of 26 violations
of military law including forcible sodomy, wrongful sexual conduct,
possessing pornography while deployed and conduct unbecoming of an
officer.

The charges stem
from inappropriate behavior toward four female subordinates and a
civilian over the last five years, Army prosecutors said, revealing new
details about charges brought against Sinclair in September.

Prosecutors said the alleged sexual contacts took place in Afghanistan,
Iraq and Germany, as well as at military bases in the United States.
Sinclair was sent home in May from Afghanistan, where he had served as a
deputy commander for support, officials said.

Major General James Huggins
testified on Monday that one of the women, a captain who Sinclair had
requested be assigned to his unit in Afghanistan, tearfully reported
having a three-year affair with him..

The woman said in
March she had looked at Sinclair's emails and found exchanges with other
women, Huggins testified. She also reported that Sinclair had forcibly
sodomized her after grabbing her by the neck, and threatened her career
if she backed out of the relationship, he said.

"She wanted out," said Huggins, one of Sinclair's superiors. "She said she had tried, but Sinclair persisted."

Huggins said Sinclair admitted to showing "poor judgment" in a limited number of encounters with the woman.

THREATS

Prosecutors also
accused Sinclair of threatening to kill one subordinate, or her family,
if she revealed having an affair with him.

They said he asked women to send him nude photos and berated female subordinates on several occasions.

Sinclair is accused
of claiming more than $4,000 worth of charges for personal travel as
military business, and of deleting emails during the investigation,
prosecutors said. Defense attorneys suggested the personal trips may
have included Army business.

When asked by
hearing officer Major General Perry Wiggins if he would make a statement
regarding the charges, Sinclair said "No, sir." His defense team
declined to comment.

The hearing
proceeded despite an attempt by defense attorneys to have the case
dismissed or government prosecutors removed over concerns that they had
improper access to confidential emails between Sinclair, his attorneys
and his wife.

"How does he get a
fair trial if you have access to his personal communications with his
attorney?" said Sinclair's defense lawyer, Lieutenant Colonel Jackie
Thompson.

Leona Mansapit, a
criminal investigations special agent, testified that she reviewed
emails between Sinclair and his wife and attorney, and that military
prosecutors had seen at least one of those emails.

Mansapit said she
did not appoint an independent researcher to review Sinclair's emails as
required because she lacked the resources to do so.

Wiggins briefly
postponed the proceedings while the emails were reviewed by a legal
adviser, but ultimately decided to hear evidence as planned.

Wiggins will
recommend whether Sinclair should stand trial on any of the charges.
Dozens more witnesses are expected to give testimony at the hearing this
week.

This mess has been going on since my mom told enlisted back in the late
70s.

There's a general or major in NC who was arrested for raping 6 women, 5 whom were officers.

No shortage of women willing to tell their stories of rape and cover up when they were enlisted either.

Until the military gets checks and balances in place. You know, actually taking rape crimes seriously and having a culture of basic respect for women, they'll keep happening with little to no consequence.

which is a documentary about rape in the military and how rare it is for these crimes against women to be taken seriously. I got the idea that the whole reason women were ever allowed in the military was to entertain the men. I say this because when it comes to physical work, women are much less efficient and more vulnerable; they don't even allow the women in combat; they create environments which enable the men to prey on the women; and they often blame the woman for complaining about it or sweep it under the rug.

This is something they had to have known would happen. It's a simple as 1-2-3. Men/people will behave in predictable ways in certain situations. These are men are stressed out, isolated from society, away from their families, and sometimes risking life and limb and they throw a few women into the mix. What did they expect would happen? They come in from a hard day of work, no family to greet them, they already feel like women are not doing their share of the work, and they most likely feel entitled.

I have never been in the military nor do I have any family members who have so I may be way off here. What is your opinion on this?

To the first bolded part, that's not true. I know women who work in aircraft maintenance that can take apart a C-130 engine and fix it with no problems. I know skinny men in my job (network technician) that couldn't even lift a book and put it on a shelf.

The second bolded is the reason why there are so many rapes in the military...people sympathize with these men. This whole paragraph sounds like women/victim blaming...as if a woman got raped because the man has it so hard; how about that man needs to grow the fuck up and keep his hands to himself.

We go though plenty of briefings about rape and professional/unprofessional relationships before, during, and after we deploy...also while in-garrison.

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